As of: March 9, 2024, 9:48 a.m
By: Elisa Buhrke
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The Nuremberg zoo is blocked by activists.
The background is a planned intervention in the baboon group, which is met with resistance.
Nuremberg - Activists blocked access to the Nuremberg Zoo on Saturday, March 9th.
According to a police spokeswoman, around 25 of them positioned themselves in front of the zoo's main entrance, while three others chained themselves to a gate.
The animal protection activists presented posters with messages such as “Only freedom is species-appropriate.”
Animal protection activists block the entrance to Nuremberg Zoo
The Animal Rebellion group publicly acknowledged this action.
According to her statement, the protest is against a planned killing of baboons.
Since the needs of animals are ignored in the discussion, the organization's activists have symbolically given the exploited sentient animals a voice, the group said.
“Monkeys have the right to life, physical integrity and freedom - just like we do,” activist Scarlett Treml is quoted as saying in the statement.
Animal protection activists blocked the entrance to the Nuremberg Zoo on Saturday.
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At the beginning of February, the Nuremberg Zoo announced that it wanted to kill individual animals from the group of Guinea baboons.
The group had become too large for the enclosure and the social structure was problematic.
According to the zoo, it was not possible to pass it on to other owners.
Releasing them into the wild is also impossible because there are no suitable areas in the regions of origin.
Several offers have now been made by institutions that would like to take in the animals.
The park is currently reviewing this.
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Protest against planned baboon killing in Nuremberg
The police reported that the action initially did not lead to any major queues at the zoo entrance.
Initially, visitors could enter the park through a small side gate, said the spokeswoman.
However, this was later also blocked by the activists.
The demonstrators initially did not respond to a speech from the police.
Several police patrols were on site.
(elb/dpa)
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